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04 Feb 2019 Story
Indian architect turns to bees and terracotta to design innovative cooling system

Monish Siripurapu’s air cooling system may be based on the design of a beehive but the Indian innovator’s inspiration did not come while he was striding through fields of flowers. He was actually in a stifling hot factory…

01 Jan 2019 Story
Moral Fiber seeks to close the textile loop through innovative recycling

Akshay Sethi has a vision: he wants to revolutionize fashion by recycling polyester to create a sustainable fibre that can be reused eternally. But this ambitious vision is only part of an even bigger plan: to do the same…

20 Dec 2018 Blogpost
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Morocco ranked second in Climate Change Performance Index 2018

Morocco is currently Africa’s leader in terms of efforts to combat climate change, reaffirming the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate action. Morocco has installed one of the largest solar farms in the…

28 Nov 2018 Press release
Implications of Emissions Gap report for Africa: Incentivizing climate action uptake

28 November 2018 - The United Nations Environment Programme released this week its annual Emissions Gap Report. The report showed that world’s original level of ambition needs to be tripled to stay within 2°C warming and…

21 Nov 2018 Story
Cities of the future: the ultimate design challenge

With two-thirds of people expected to live in cities by 2050 and with urban areas accounting for 70 per cent of the emissions that are propelling the planet into a climate unknown, the challenge is both clear and urgent:…

19 Nov 2018 Story
Make 'em move: your bowels’ hidden power

Dickson Ochieng knows firsthand what it’s like to live without proper sanitation. Growing up in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Africa, his house had no toilet or running water, and being surrounded by raw sewage…

29 Oct 2018 Story
Aiming for the stars to hit the sky

When Bertrand Piccard was preparing for the world’s first ever solar-powered flight around the world, he had a problem. Cockpit temperatures were projected to skyrocket from minus 40 to above 40 degrees Celsius between…

23 Oct 2018 Press release
Re-thinking production to boost circular economies

Value-retention practices such as remanufacturing, refurbishment, repair, and direct re-use could cut industrial waste by between 80 and 99 per cent in some sectors. Greenhouse gas emissions could fall by 79 to 99 per cent…

19 Sep 2018 Press release
Africa’s Environment Ministers call for action through innovative solutions

Nairobi, 19 September 2018 – Guided by global environmental concern, ministers of environment and government representatives of African nations have committed to promote and invest in innovative solutions while implementing…

17 Sep 2018 Press release
Innovative solutions top agenda at African Ministerial Conference on the Environment

Nairobi, 17 September 2018 – The need to invest in innovative solutions and interventions and promote sustainable consumption and production will top the agenda at the seventh special session of the African Ministerial…

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